Kathleen McDermott

I seek general interest and academic books across a wide range of history. I look for works with broad appeal and original arguments, books that engage readers eager to learn about the past and that advance scholarship in the academic community. One of the joys of working on history books is having a passionate audience; history readers revel in new information, new ideas, new perspectives. I have been one of those readers my entire life, and I want the books I acquire to be part of the discussions and debates in that lively world. The many areas I cover include: American history of any period; environmental history; Atlantic history; medieval to modern European history, including eastern Europe and Russia; the modern Middle East; Asian history; and Latin American history. I am interested in books that cross borders and consider global contexts, and welcome book proposals for international history, military history, and biographies.

Recent Books

The Age of Addiction: How Bad Habits Became Big Business
David T. Courtwright

The Enchantments of Mammon: How Capitalism Became the Religion of Modernity
Eugene McCarraher

Stalin and the Fate of Europe: The Postwar Struggle for Sovereignty
Norman M. Naimark

Masters of the Middle Waters: Indian Nations and Colonial Ambitions along the Mississippi
Jacob F. Lee

Bitter Reckoning: Israel Tries Holocaust Survivors as Nazi Collaborators
Dan Porat

Agents of Disorder: Inside China’s Cultural Revolution
Andrew G. Walder

The Injustice Never Leaves You: Anti-Mexican Violence in Texas
Monica Muñoz Martinez

China and Japan: Facing History
Ezra F. Vogel

The Girls Next Door: Bringing the Home Front to the Front Lines
Kara Dixon Vuic

The Great Cauldron: A History of Southeastern Europe
Marie-Janine Calic, translated by Elizabeth Janik

An Appeal to the Ladies of Hyderabad: Scandal in the Raj
Benjamin B. Cohen

Under the Starry Flag: How a Band of Irish Americans Joined the Fenian Revolt and Sparked a Crisis over Citizenship
Lucy E. Salyer